Diary of an Avante-Garde Gardener,
digging Voss Gardens in the Santa Cruz Mountains,
providing organic produce for the Culinary Fellow at the Villa Montalvo Artists in Residency Program and private healthy chefs in my neighborhood.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Hot Sweet Dressing for Cold Bitter Greens

Late winter/early spring greens are hitting their stride. Our mountain grown varieties take in the robustness of the mineral terroir and eclectic weather patterns that beget them. Once a taste for bitter salad is acquired its hard to go back.

Bored with Meyer Lemon dressings and ever ready to try new things, the idea of a sweet and slightly wilted bitter green salad tickled my fancy. So I researched a bit and concocted this melange of savory sweetness to lift bitter greens to an alluring respectability.